Clicks and content, content and clicks: these are the videos that attracted the most eyeballs on friendly fledgling website ‘the Spinoff’ this year. 10 The original MacGyver is a stone-cold 80s classic, with a likeably earnest hero and a lot of heart. The reboot, which started screening on Prime all the way back in January? … Read more
The top 10 best-sellers of the year at Unity Books in High St, Auckland. 1 Hit and Run: The New Zealand SAS in Afghanistan & the Meaning of Honour by Nicky Hager & Jon Stephenson (Potton & Burton, $35) God, really? The bulk of the sales must have been in the opening week, or fortnight, … Read more
The top 10 best-sellers of the year at Unity Books in Willis St, Wellington. 1 Can You Tolerate This? by Ashleigh Young (Victoria University Press, $30) Number one: huzzah! In the old days of New Zealand literary awards, any kind of book – fiction, verse, memoir, whatever – was eligible to win the grand prize and pocket … Read more